Clarissa Crockett

22 March 1840–23 November 1919 (Age 79)
Ogden Township, Lenawee, Michigan, United States

The Life Summary of Clarissa

When Clarissa Crockett was born on 22 March 1840, in Ogden Township, Lenawee, Michigan, United States, her father, Nathaniel Randall Crockett, was 40 and her mother, Mary White, was 37. She married George A Sebring on 3 January 1863, in Ogden Township, Lenawee, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Ogden, Lenawee, Michigan, United States for about 30 years. She died on 23 November 1919, in Ogden Township, Lenawee, Michigan, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Ogden Township, Lenawee, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

George A Sebring
1840–1922
Clarissa Crockett
1840–1919
Marriage: 3 January 1863
Frank Sebring
1864–1944
Blanche Dora Sebring
1869–1958
Arthur Sebring
1875–1963
Lydia Elsie Sebring
1876–1960
Eunice Sebring
1886–1952

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    3 January 1863Ogden Township, Lenawee, Michigan, United States
    • Children

    (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1846
    Age 6
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
    1847 · Moving the State Capital
    Age 7
    The capital of Michigan was moved from Detroit to Lansing on March 17, 1847. The capital was moved to be further away from Canada, to encourage settlement and boost economy toward the inner regions of the state, and to make to capital more accessible to everyone statewide.
    1863
    Age 23
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    Name Meaning

    English (Staffordshire) and Scottish (of Norman origin): nickname for someone who affected a particular hairstyle, from Anglo-Norman French croket ‘ornamental curl or roll of hair’ (Old Norman French croquet, a diminutive of croque ‘curl, hook’).

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Crocket

    Sources (17)

    • Clarrisa Sebring in entry for Lydia Sebring, "Michigan Births, 1867-1902"
    • Clarissa Crochet in household of Nathaniel Crochet, "United States Census, 1850"
    • Clarissa Crockett in entry for Frank Sebring and Florence M Pickford Harder, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"

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